On the basis of her family cultural legacy together with her own observations (the author herself belongs to the Kelderash group of Columbia, which has maintained very vivid the tradition of the Rromani kris), the author of the text describes the functioning of Rromani customary law, which there not only serves to solve conflicts between the Rroms, but also between the Rroms and the neighboring Gadźe. In Columbia Rroms endeavor to make some principles and rules of the Rromani customary law recognised by the official judiciary of the State.